Advertisement for Bids: Improvement to Municipal Electric System

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC SYSTEM
FOR THE BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES CITY OF HILLSDALE, MICHIGAN

NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF BIDS

Sealed bids will be received by the City Clerk’s office located in the City Hall Building, Hillsdale, Michigan 49242 until 2 p.m. local time, on May 29^th, 2025, and at that time will be publicly opened and read aloud for:

CONTRACT NO. 020-00414-05     INDUSTRIAL SUBSTATION

                                                         ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION

Complete electrical construction for the electrical connection of the furnished equipment consisting of One (1) Outdoor switchgear seven section lineup, One (1) remote operating relay and control panel, One (1) DC system with multiple components and One (1) power transformer. This installation will increase the number of 15 kV feeders connected to the 13.2 kV Industrial Substation Feeder distribution system using the 15 kV outdoor switchgear breaker lineup. The outdoor switchgear lineup is located and installed on a foundation within the Hillsdale-Industrial substation adjacent to Uran Street and Hine Drive. The Power Transformer will be furnished by others and is located and installed on a foundation within the Hillsdale Industrial Substation. The remote operating relay and control panel and  DC system will be furnished by the Owner and assembled by this electrical construction contractor. The outdoor switchgear lineup shall be set on the foundation by others.  This electrical construction contractor shall uncrate, mount, and assemble the sections on the owner furnished foundations.  All interconnecting wiring between all listed components will be provided by this contractor. There will be five (5) 15 kV risers leaving the yard from the outdoor switchgear lineup. 

This Contractor will engage the services of a recognized independent NETA qualified testing company for the purposes of performing substation relay, control,  and functional switchgear testing at the substation site of all installation equipment.

The Power Transformer will not be delivered until September 2026. Based on this schedule the switchgear unit will be temporarily energized using the existing Transformer as shown on the drawings. The property for this scope of work is currently owned by the City of Hillsdale, Michigan.

The Contract Documents will be available by contacting the offices of the Engineer, SSOE Group 1001 Madison Ave, Toledo, Ohio 43604.  To obtain an official set of documents and become a Registered Bidder you must contact Sonia Wood at sawood@ssoe.com.  For technical questions please contact Joe Hulderman at jhulderman@ssoe.com or Jeremy Tausch at jtausch@ssoe.com.